16 November 2006

QMS to ditch IDX for Cerner in 2007

Queen Mary Sidcup (QMS), the only London trust to have received a new hospital IT system under the NHS computerisation scheme,
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16 November 2006

New order

In his second article for EHI, Dr Andrew Harrison suggests some ways that ordering tests could be made seamless and
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16 November 2006

NHS Supply Chain uses voice to monitor stock

NHS Supply Chain, the privatised NHS logistics service now run by DHL, has signed a deal with voice recognition specialists VoiteQ
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15 November 2006

McKesson buys Per-Se

US health IT giant McKesson Corporation has announced an agreement to buy health administration transaction IT specialist Per-Se for £1bn
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15 November 2006

Premium-rate doctor helpline aimed at busy people

A premium rate telephone service has been set up that allows callers to talk directly to a doctor 24 hours
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15 November 2006

DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH

E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health,
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14 November 2006

Euroking’s new maternity goes live at Heart of England

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital trust to go live with EuroKing Miracle’s E3 third
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14 November 2006

GPASS abandoned by Tayside and Grampian

NHS Tayside and NHS Grampian have confirmed that they will be abandoning the General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS)
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14 November 2006

Winchester first on second generation e-prescribing

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first UK trust to install a second generation Electronic Prescribing and
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14 November 2006

Wales starts summary record project

Out of hours clinicians in Gwent are to have access to an emergency summary care record in a project which
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